1991 Mentors

A Ukrainian entrepreneur with a Swedish startup background and corporate roots, and a venture partner at the Founder Institute accelerator.

He currently leads the movement in support of Ukraine through startups, STRTP.org — delivering and distributing humanitarian aid and targeted assistance with tactical equipment.

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She has extensive experience working with startups from the acceleration stage through to programme completion. Her areas of knowledge include helping to form product hypotheses, identifying key metrics to demonstrate results, building an early-stage customer development process, and fundraising.

Previously — Project Director of the 1991 Mariupol Startup Development Centre and co-founder of MRPL IT Cluster.

Since 2019, he has been managing the finances and business development of Ukrainian entrepreneurs' projects as a partner and consultant. Previously — auditor at KPMG, CEO of Civitta, and General Manager at Uber Eats Ukraine.

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Expert and mentor for technology startups. He has dedicated the past decade to building the IT entrepreneurship community in Ukraine and supporting and developing the ecosystem.

Co-founder of UnicoWay — a startup studio whose goal is to bring more Ukrainian startups to European and global markets.

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For over ten years, he has been helping people make their speeches, presentations, and communications more engaging and effective — both for those speaking and those listening. He works with the best Ukrainian and international companies. From the top 5 of almost any industry, three are his clients: DTEK, AJAX, McDonald's, Fozzy Group, Kernel, TEVA, Roche, Deloitte, PwC, Baker McKenzie, Philip Morris, JTI, Luxoft, GlobalLogic, Ciklum, MacPaw, Readdle, Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Credit Agricole, and others.

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A multidisciplinary specialist with a passion for impact tech and bringing people together to create and realise new ideas.

Founder of tech2impact — an international digital hub for impact tech with a network of over 600 founders, investors, mentors, accelerators, and incubators.

Ambassador of 4YFN — the startup event of GSMA MWC, the world's largest mobile industry exhibition.

An entrepreneur and product consultant who has progressed through his career from developer to UX, from UX to product management, from PM to CEO of companies, and from startup CEO to mentoring startups and product managers.

Product Management Consultant at Interface Control.

Expert at the charitable foundation KOLO.

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Co-founder and Managing Partner of DroneUA — an international integrator of innovative technologies: robotics, unmanned solutions, and energy security technologies.

An expert in AgTech, robotics and unmanned technologies, investment activity, and marketing communications.

In 2013, together with a partner, he effectively launched the industrial and agricultural drone market in Ukraine from scratch. In 2021 and 2022, Ukraine was recognised as the world's No. 1 country for the intensity of sprayer drone adoption.

Since 2021, he has initiated the company's work in the field of energy independence technologies, having formed the portable energy storage market within a year.p

An expert in project and crisis management. She has over 7 years of experience in management and leading projects, processes, and distributed teams, including 5+ years in C-level positions at international and impact-oriented projects.

She has organised and delivered over 500 business-oriented events. She launched projects such as 1991 Civic Tech Center and 1991 Mariupol. Previously — COO of Creative Quarter, CEO of Kyiv IT Cluster, Executive Director of 1991 Civic Tech Center, and Event Producer at UNIT.City.

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ІТ-підприємниця, спеціалістка з розвитку бізнесу, маркетингу, управління.

Засновниця Techno_witches, Sportify.tech, Sport tech Hub Ukraine.

Менторка в акселераторах 1991, Feel Good Labs та інших. Провела консультації з адаптації продукту до ринку, розвитку бізнесу та маркетингу для 70+ команд.

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Programme manager and expert on SME projects supported by USAID and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Lecturer, mentor, and business consultant at LABA and KSE.

Vice President of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals ABPMP Ukraine.

Vice President of the Oil and Gas Association of Ukraine.

Has over 16 years of experience in senior positions at international and Ukrainian companies.

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National expert in marketing and communications in the EU.

He has extensive experience consulting startups: founders from more than 10 countries worldwide have received mentoring support from him. The advertising budgets of his digital marketing projects have exceeded $5 million, with revenues surpassing $15 million.

Expert in PR and strategic communications for technology companies and startups. PR Manager at WeSoftYou and ISSP. Ex-Head of PR at SocialBoost/1991 Open Data Incubator/CyberAccelerator UA, Ex-Content Director at SLOVA Tech PR.

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A specialist in acquiring technology and project management. Since 2009, he has been channelling his altruism by implementing and participating in social projects. A certified expert in internet marketing, UX planning, and project management. Theory backed by practice: Brand Manager of an online ticket sales platform. Head (Product Manager) of the launch of a personal loyalty programme technology. Product Manager of a software solution for personal finance management.

A tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist focusing on cybersecurity, privacy, and medical technology.

She graduated from Cornell Tech with a Master of Laws degree in Technology and Entrepreneurship and has worked with, amongst others, Pfizer, Amazon, and TrustArc. After co-founding and serving as Chief Operating Officer at health tech and security startups, she pivoted her career to venture capital, leading an early-stage accelerator for cybersecurity companies supported by USAID.

Halyna currently leads cybersecurity and healthcare portfolio development for Munich Re Ventures.

She has advised over 150 companies across 30 countries, scaled teams from 3 to 300 people, and managed transactions from seed stage to $500 million USD, from Eastern Europe to Silicon Valley.

Fintech expert, partner at Adecco, co-owner and CEO of Fintech Solutions LLC.

Since 2004, Anastasia has worked in banking, including Ukrsibbank BNP Paribas, UniCredit Bank, and Oschadbank. The projects delivered by her team are still considered innovative breakthroughs and have since been replicated in several countries across the CIS region.

From 2012 to 2016, she led the business development group at Visa in Ukraine.
In March 2017, she joined as a partner at the world's largest international human resources management and outsourcing company to implement global projects in the financial sector across nine countries.

In September 2017, she became co-owner and CEO of Fintech Solutions to deliver training and consulting projects in the fintech sector.
In autumn 2017, the book "Digital Era" was published, co-authored by Anastasia alongside 35 of the most influential Ukrainian and international experts. The book covers topics such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies, fintech, insurtech, APIs, artificial intelligence, and more.
Anastasia is also an author of articles on fintech topics and a speaker at international conferences.

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Andriy Alekseyenko specialises in marketing for startups. He currently provides consulting services to startups, with clients including YouTeam and Weblium. Co-founder of HankLeads.

Previously worked at the strategic agency Aimbulance, where he conducted analytics for clients such as Pepsi, MasterCard, and Axe. He managed the marketing department at TechMagic. He is a certified specialist in Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Inbound Marketing (HubSpot). He has lectured at Projector.

Areas of expertise: strategic planning, content marketing, analytics, email marketing.

Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of the Future Development Agency (FDA), which is a member of the UN Global Compact Network in Ukraine. Future Development Agency is a social change project office established in 2015 to introduce social innovations, IT technologies, modern working methods, and tools in the social sector. Igor has many years of experience in financial management and auditing of projects supporting vulnerable groups in Ukraine. He is a participant in the working group on "Development of Legislation in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship" within the framework of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine project.

Mentor and consultant for teams in the Open Data Challenge (2018–2020), Enactus Ukraine, AIESEC in Ukraine, Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator SELab (2018–2020), and Start-up Fest (2019) projects.

He served as grants coordinator for the creation of new jobs for internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the UNDP Ukraine project "Rapid Response to the Socio-Economic Challenges of IDPs in Ukraine", and held the position of project manager for "Expanding Support for IDPs in Job Seeking" under USAID Ukraine. He worked as a financial specialist in the NGO support team on projects funded by the Global Fund (GFATM), CDC, and others.

He also has experience in public service, strategic planning, and budget formation for government institutions, and served as an assistant consultant to a Member of the Verkhovna Rada.

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Director of the Analytical Department at Promedia Consulting MA LLC. Co-founder and head of the "Court in Your Palm" project.

Working in marketing since 2014. He has managed departments at 4 companies and consulted on more than 200 projects.

He has worked with markets in the US, Europe, and the Nordics. He has handled marketing for hardware products, SaaS platforms, and startups at various stages of investment raising.

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For the past 5 years, Alina has been developing and implementing social projects and social enterprises. By profession, she holds a Master's degree in Social Work and is a methodologist in social design. In addition to her experience in the social sector, she worked in the creative division D2 — a Ukrainian IT company specialising in marketing solutions for businesses.

She has experience developing socio-technological projects based on mobile applications and web platforms.
She currently works at Future Development Agency — a project office for social change, established in 2015 to introduce social innovations, IT technologies, modern working methods and tools in the social sector.

Key competencies: social design, project management, business modelling for solving social problems, design thinking, strategic and operational planning, financial management, PR and communications, fundraising, social impact and its measurement, social innovation.

Anastasia is a certified specialist in complex systems management and Human System Dynamics (US, UK), and a coach for innovation teams. Co-founder of REAL School and School of ME.

She has 10 years of experience in information technology, 12 years in non-profit civic organisations, and 2 years of experience at Lviv City Council.

An executive leader with a Master's degree in International Information Analysis from Lviv Polytechnic National University. She has also studied at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (Sales School), Ukrainian Catholic University, and Lviv Business School (Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship).

Member of Global Shapers, World Economic Forum, and a social investor in Urban Space 500. Psychology consultant using the Gestalt approach. Actress in an improvisation theatre.

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Product Manager в Product studio Uptech (https://uptech.team/) , з більш ніж 3 -річним досвідом управління проектами.Спеціалізація: real estate startups

Co-founder of "AHENTY ZMIN", lead specialist in research and user engagement in the design process and testing. Previously — leading specialist at USABILITYLAB Ukraine and curator of the UX. Human-Centered Design course at Projector School.

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